New July edition of Cometary Science Newsletter. Since there happens to be a comet of note at this moment- very interesting, quite rare and speedy– the site is highly relevant. In this particular case, a web site has been set… Read More »Cometary Science Newsletter, July (3I)
More interstellar-object coverage, not necessarily peer-reviewed science output, but more substantial than just lay prose: www.gemini.edu/news/press-releases/noirlab2522July 15, 2025 Josie Fenske Gemini North Observes Comet 3I/ATLAS www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-interstellar-object-3i-atlass-biggest-mysteries-explained/July 16, 2025 Jonathan O’Callaghan 7 Big Mysteries about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Apologies for the… Read More »3I/ATLAS: Small-Body Copy
Quite the Icarus for August (vol. 436): Barrett, T. J. Bryson, J. F. J. Geraki, K. The source of hydrogen in earth’s building blocks Art. 116588 .2025.116588 Li, Y. Liu, J. Ning, X. et al. Dimension-ratio-based observability analysis of asteroid… Read More »Note, Paper: As The Worlds Turn
…the ‘papers’ (not necessarily recognized) on our interstellar object continue… Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2507.11720[Submitted on 15 Jul 2025]Belyakov, M. Fremling, C. Graham, M. J. et al. Palomar and Apache Point Spectrophotometry of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS arxiv.org/abs/2507.12234[Submitted on… Read More »3I/ATLAS Patterns
Since we’re talking about an object penetrating our Solar System from other parts of the galaxy, it was inevitable that this would draw wider media coverage. That coverage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HeTCmtNJSUJul 3, 2025 Scott Manley We Just Discovered The Fastest Interstellar Comet… Read More »3I/ATLAS Patch
…continuing from a prior post (and another): Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2507.07312[Submitted on 9 Jul 2025 (v1). last revised 12 Jul 2025 (this version, v2)]X-SHOOTER Spectrum of Comet C/2025 N1: Insights into a Distant Interstellar VisitorAlvarez-Candal, A. Rizos,… Read More »3I/ATLAS Hat Trick…
Just in at Science magazine: the rush to observe interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. https://www.science.org/content/article/astronomers-race-study-interstellar-interloper11 Jul 2025 Adam Mann Astronomers race to study interstellar interloper z1ju4jb We have a few brief months to study this example of material from another system. In… Read More »3I/ATLAS Wrangling
This Wednesday will be the midpoint of the weeklong MetSoc meeting, going on right now (see Day 1, Day 2). Today is quite light, ergonomically, but heavy pedagogically. Conel Alexander has spent his career in cosmochemistry, and not just “in… Read More »Meteoritical Society Meeting 2025, Day 3
…continuing on from a previous post… Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arXiv:2507.05318v1 [Submitted on 7 Jul 2025]Hopkins, M. J. Dorsey, R. C. Forbes, J. C. et al. From a Different Star: 3I/ATLAS in the context of the Ōtautahi-Oxford interstellar object population… Read More »Net Paper: ATLAS Again
In Planetary and Space Science for Aug (vol. 262): Chiorny, V. G. Krugly, Y. N. Shevchenko, V. G. et al. Absolute photometry of small main-belt binary asteroids. Physical properties 106118 .2025.106118 Binary asteroids: truly a gift from above. Using Kepler’s Laws,… Read More »Note, Paper: Bright Belt Bis